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Presidents of Manifest Destiny Aggressive Young Hickory
Wallace Patterson traces the 1844 presidential race and Polk’s rise from dark horse to nominee. It covers Van Buren and Clay opposition to Texas annexation, the Dallas ticket, and Polk’s subsequent war policy, expansion, and the cost to Polk personally and politically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Polk
Tennessee
Texas
Oregon
Baltimore
Martin van Buren
Polk
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Henry Clay
Dark Horse
Dallas
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
Silas Wright
New York
Clay
Republic of Texas
Congress
Rio Grande
Zachary Taylor
Mexico
Taylor
Winfield Scott
United States
England
Northwest
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Spain
Cuba
House
James Polk